Great Elm Capital Group (GECC) Competitors

India Fund (NYSE:IFN) and Great Elm Capital Group (NASDAQ:GECC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of IFN or GECC?

10.8% of India Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.8% of Great Elm Capital Group shares are held by institutional investors. 8.7% of Great Elm Capital Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is IFN or GECC a better dividend stock?

India Fund pays an annual dividend of $2.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.3%. Great Elm Capital Group pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.5%. Great Elm Capital Group pays out 370.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Great Elm Capital Group has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

Which has more risk & volatility, IFN or GECC?

India Fund has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Great Elm Capital Group has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, IFN or GECC?

Great Elm Capital Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than India Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
India Fund	$110.12M	4.52	N/A	N/A	N/A
Great Elm Capital Group	$39.32M	3.22	$3.55M	$0.40	27.41

Does the media prefer IFN or GECC?

In the previous week, India Fund had 3 more articles in the media than Great Elm Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for India Fund and 1 mentions for Great Elm Capital Group. Great Elm Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat India Fund's score of 1.13 indicating that Great Elm Capital Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
India Fund	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Great Elm Capital Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is IFN or GECC more profitable?

Great Elm Capital Group has a net margin of 10.40% compared to India Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Great Elm Capital Group's return on equity of 10.64% beat India Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
India Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Great Elm Capital Group	10.40%	10.64%	3.83%

Summary

Great Elm Capital Group beats India Fund on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.